Table of Contents:
  • A speed-up in the family
  • Marriage in the stalled revolution
  • The cultural cover-up
  • Joey's problem : Nancy and Evan Holt
  • The family myth of the traditional : Frank and Carmen Delacorte
  • A notion of manhood and giving thanks : Peter and Nina Tanagawa
  • Having it all and giving it up : Ann and Robert Myerson
  • A scarcity of gratitude : Seth and Jessica Stein
  • An unsteady marriage and a job she loves : Anita and Ray Judson
  • The "his" and "hers" of sharing : Greg and Carol Alston
  • No time together : Barbara and John Livingston
  • Sharing showdown and natural drift : pathways to the new man
  • Beneath the cover-up : strategies and strains
  • Tensions in marriage in an age of divorce
  • Men who do and men who don't
  • The working wife as urbanizing peasant
  • Stepping into old biographies or making history happen?
  • Appendix : research on who does the housework and child care.